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Official estimates put the population of Kazakhstan at 20,182,003 as of August 2024, of which 62.7% is urban and 37.3% is rural population. [13] In a report released by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (DESA) in September 2021, the level of urbanization in Kazakhstan is estimated to reach 69.1% by 2050.
Toggle Demographics subsection. 4.1 ... [15] is the capital city of Kazakhstan. With a population of 1,350,228 within the ... but it returned to the name Astana in 2022.
Provinces and main cities of Kazakhstan. The following is a list of cities with more than 50,000 inhabitants in Kazakhstan. The names of many places have been changed during the 20th and 21st centuries, sometimes more than once. Wherever possible, the old names have been included and linked to the new ones. As of January 1, 2025, the share of ...
This is a list of all cities and settlements in Kazakhstan with a population of at least fifty thousand people as of official population estimates in 2023. The three largest cities are Almaty, Astana (the national capital), and Shymkent; as cities of republican significance, they are administratively independent and belong to no region.
The four cities, Almaty, Baikonur, Shymkent, and the capital city Astana, do not belong to their surrounding regions. Initially there were 14 regions. On 16 March 2022, Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev announced that three new regions would be created. [1] Abai Region was created from East Kazakhstan Region with its capital in Semey.
From 1929 to 1936, the city, then known as Alma-Ata, was the capital of the Kazakh ASSR. [13] From 1936 to 1991, Alma-Ata was the capital of the Kazakh SSR.After Kazakhstan became independent in 1991, the city was renamed Almaty in 1993 and continued as the capital until 1997, when the capital was moved to Akmola (renamed Astana in 1998, Nur-Sultan in 2019, and again Astana in 2022).
Largest cities or towns in Eurasian Union. Russia (2021 Census) [1], Kazakhstan (2022, stat.gov.kz) [2], Belarus (2021, belstat.gov.by) [3] Rank Member state Pop. Moscow
The US Census Bureau International Database lists the population of Kazakhstan as 18.9 million (May 2019), [224] while United Nations sources such as the 2022 revision of the World Population Prospects [225] [226] give an estimate of 19,196,465. Official estimates put the population of Kazakhstan at 20 million as of November 2023. [227]